Natural Moccasins/Natural World - tip #2

BUY LOCAL - EAT LOCAL FOODS
As you know marieshoes.com features authentic Canadian moccasins. We consider as precious, nature and the natural world from which our products are made. We stand beside fellow denizens of this planet in protecting our environment and the world, as we know it. To this end we are bogging tips on everyday things that we can do to put the halt on global warming and it's irreparable change to our environment.

Tip #2 – Eat Local Foods …..Did you know that the ingredients for a North American meal typically travel between 2,500 and 4000 km? The cost of transport – in greenhouse gas production – is immense. We are paying for that – thereby condoning it. Discourage such folly! Make a choice to Eat Local Foods…visit Farmer's Markets and buy there; at the Grocers, read the labels and buy locally produced products; if there is a local producer of a product i.e.: honey or milk, and it's not on your grocer's shelves: "ask" for it. Your grocer (or store manager as we know them today) will bring it in for you and everyone will benefit. Be proactive in your purchases and indicating the your preferences. A little action, cumulatively, will add up to make a difference!

We are encouraged by the actions of a grocer in Kamloops, B.C. (Canada). Local producer, Blackwell Dairy's product, was missing from the shelves. When a customer 'asked for it', the grocer responded and started placing the milk on the shelf. First allocating just a small space to Blackwell in the dairy coolers. Every three days Blackwell Dairy had to restock to the fullest – thereby being allotted more and more space. The trend grew and now Blackwell Dairy can't keep up with the demand for all of their products in all of the chain supermarkets.

Frankly, their milk is better!!! Blackwell doesn't have to transport so far and can circulate their products more frequently. Therefore, the shelf life doesn't have to be so long, therefore they don't have to 'boil the good' out of their product to ensure that shelf life. It tastes…oooooh, like milk!

We all win…local producer, local jobs, better product health wise, taste wise, and the cost of greenhouse gases produced during transportation is dramatically reduced!!! This sort of positive message and initiative will impact the onslaught of global warming. If reproduced in every community it's cumulative effect would be immense!

Quote of the Day:

"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything: "I will try" has accomplished wonders." -- George P. Burnham

Natural moccasins/natural world - tip #1

As you know marieshoes.com features authentic Canadian moccasins. We consider as precious, nature and the natural world from which our products are made. We stand beside fellow denizens of this planet in protecting our environment and world as we know it. To this end we are blogging tips on everyday things that we can do to put the halt on global warming and it's irreparable change to our environment.

• Tip #1 - Park The Car....not all the time....but consider taking the bus or rail, catching a lift (or giving a lift) to a friend, or - Lord help us - "w.a.l.k"!

We are encouraged by a recent VanCity Trust, British Columbia (Canada) initiative....they bought 45 brand-new red bicycles and gave them away - free - to anyone who wanted to ride to work/school/or just ride. The recipients were asked to utilize the 'free transport' for two weeks and pass them on to any other citizen of their choosing. In other words the bikes were given to society, an investment never to be seen again by the company.

Never to be seen again?, physically yes, but felt.....the verbal ripple just keeps on going. This sort of positive message and initiative will impact the onslaught of global warming. If reproduced in every community it's cumulative effect? well, immense!

The rib is - the cost of purchasing 45 bikes and giving them away (a good-news story snapped up by print and tv media alike) was "far less" than a 12-second prime time tv ad.

Let's encourage that sort of advertising!

Quote of the Day:

"The first rule of tinkering is to save all the parts."

Canada Day

Canada Day has been called a few names in the past. It used to known as Dominion Day,
the First Day of July, Confederation Day and July the First.

Canada was formed on June 20,1867, by proclamation sign by the Governor General, Lord Monck. The proclamation called all the British North American provinces to form a federation under the name of Canada on July 1. The holiday celebrates the events that took place on this day.
The July 1 holiday was established by statue in 1879, under the name of Dominion Day which is why Canada Day was originally called Dominion Day.

In 1862, Dominion Day changed to Canada Day after a vote in Parliament. In 1985, Canada Day committees are established in each province and territory to plan, organize, and co-ordinate the Canada Day celebrations locally.

Happy Canada Day and all the best in moccasin trekking.

Quote for the Day:

"If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be a part of someone else's."--American Proverb